Category: Business
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MAN Capital customers urge Receiver to do more to secure their records for early payment
Customers of defunct Man Capital Microfinance, have called on the Receiver of the collapsed Microfinance, Savings and Loans and Finance House companies, Eric Nana Nipah, to work with managers of the company to gain access to the needed information, to fast track the payment of their locked up funds. Their call follows the recent announcement…
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I’ll cancel Teshie Desalination contract if I had my way – Asamoah Boateng
The Director-General of the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA), Stephen Asamoah Boateng, says he would terminate the Teshie Desalination Project contract if he had his way. The plant, which was shut down for about a year over some technical and operational challenges, resumed operation on March 18, this year. According to Mr. Asamoah Boateng,…
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Battling COVID-19: GEPA supports Volta Kente Weavers with hygiene products
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), has presented a variety of personal protective items to the Volta Regional Kente Weavers Association. The items include hand sanitizers, face masks and Veronica Buckets, liquid soap, disposable tissue and waste bins. Deputy Chief Executive Officer of GEPA, Samuel Dentu, in empathizing with the weavers over the impact of…
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Jobberman launches free Employer Handbook to help companies navigate disruptions
Leading recruitment solutions platform in Ghana, Jobberman, has launched a free human resource employer handbook for companies, individuals and HR experts. The handbook seeks to assist HR practitioners in Ghana with HR best practices during disruptions like the current coronavirus pandemic, to serve as a guide to enable stakeholders in human resource to manage their…
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First Atlantic Bank seeking to transform into a global bank
The Board of Directors and management of First Atlantic Bank (FAB) have reiterated their commitment to transforming the bank into a global bank. This was announced by the Board Chairman of the bank, Mr Amarquaye Armar at a tape cutting ceremony to climax its one-month-long silver jubilee celebrations at its head office in Accra. Speaking…
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GSS begins recruitment and pre-certification of trainers for census
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is currently recruiting prospective trainers to participate in a pre-certification training programme for trainers for the upcoming censuses. The pre-certification programme is being offered for both National Trainers (trainers of Regional trainers) and Regional Trainers (trainers of Field Officers). This programme will combine virtual training with in-person modules and will…
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Call Nigerian traders in Ghana to order – GUTA writes to Buhari
The Ghana Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA) has accused members of the Nigerian Union of Traders Association in Ghana (NUTAG) of feeding the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari with false information concerning retail trade in Ghana. NUTAG, had earlier complained that its members had over time endured a series of “progressive acts of hostility” allegedly…
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Stanbic Bank Ghana, KfW Investing for Employment facility launch joint project to support SMEs
Stanbic Bank Ghana in partnership with the German Government has launched a project to support the preservation of employment by Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in Ghana against the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the project, the German Government via the KfW Investing for Employment (IFE) facility, will provide a total grant funding of…
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Our clients must also benefit from bailout package – BlackShield Capital Limited
The Management of BlackShield Capital Limited is unhappy that its clients will not benefit from the government’s bailout package for customers of the 53 defunct Fund Management Companies (FMCs). Government will in the coming days announce a bailout package in the form of social intervention for customers whose funds were locked up in collapsed fund…
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Customers of fund management companies sceptical about SEC’s plans to pay locked up cash
The Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of Collapsed Fund Management Companies has downplayed the recent announcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission that payment processes for some affected customers will begin in September 2020. According to them, government’s intention to pay clients of the twenty-two (22) companies currently under official liquidation is not right as clients…